Accrete AI, a dual-use enterprise AI company that licenses expert AI agents to government and commercial customers struggling with information complexity and knowledge loss, announced today that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from the U.S. Army to advance Argus Social’s capabilities for Army Information Operations use.

Zscaler has announced the next major step in its Zero Trust SASE leadership by signing an agreement to acquire Airgap Networks, which provides agentless segmentation for enterprise IT and OT environments.

Drata proudly announces the acquisition of Harmonize.io, backed by Ripple Ventures and Array Ventures, and a trailblazer in user access governance and automation, marking a significant step forward in enhancing our product offerings and further distinguishing ourselves in the market.

From selling Veggie Straws to Hain Celestial to helping SkinnyPop realize a $1.6 billion acquisition by Hershey, multi-exit founder Jason Cohen embarks on a new snacking journey with Pretzelized alongside long-time collaborator Samuel Kestenbaum. Operating under 7 Mile Brands packaged goods brand incubator, Pretzelized will take a classic snack and combine them into pretzels. The first products include Pretzel Crackers and Pretzel Pita Chips.

Una Terra, a Swiss-based early growth impact investment manager, is investing $2M in Another Tomorrow, a B-Corp certified sustainable luxury ready-to-wear collection and platform, as part of their Series A financing round. Una Terra, also a B-Corp, is committed to scaling circular economy solutions addressing biodiversity loss and climate change. Luca Zerbini, CEO and Founding Partner of Una Terra, will also join Another Tomorrow’s Board.

MIC Global (MIC), a full stack embedded microinsurance provider, today announced it has raised a US $6 million seed funding round. The round was led by Launchpad Capital, and joined by Greenlight Re Innovations, Ironsides Partners, and existing investors.

Novaphos announced today that it had reached a strategic agreement with Hatch, the globally recognized engineering, project management, and professional services firm, to assist its efforts to fundamentally change how phosphates are produced. Under the agreement, Hatch will become an investor in Novaphos and utilize its expertise in design and engineering, procurement support, equipment supply, project and construction management, and strategic, commercialization, environment, and permitting services. Hatch and Novaphos will be focused initially on building Novaphos’ first US commercial phosphoric acid production facility.

Curbwaste, a SaaS software and payments provider to the waste management industry, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Flourish Ventures

Waev Inc. has secured a new Asset-Based Lending (ABL) facility from J.P. Morgan to fund the growth of GEM, Tiger and Taylor-Dunn electric vehicles (EVs) into the future.

Data observability startup Acceldata today announced that it raised $10 million in an extension to its Series C round, bringing its total raised to over $100 million. New investor Prosperty7 Ventures was the sole contributor to the tranche, according to Acceldata co-founder and CEO Rohit Choudhary, which will be put toward go-to-market efforts, mergers and acquisitions, R&D (particularly in Canada, where Acceldata recently opened offices) and geographic expansion.

Pegasus Capital Advisors and the Global Fund for Coral Reefs announced an investment of up to $6 million into Carbonwave, the world’s leading developer of ultra-regenerative advanced biomaterials from seaweed.

Virtana, the leading IT operations management (ITOM) company accelerating hybrid, multi-vendor, and multi-cloud infrastructure innovation with artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps), has acquired cloud observability platform, OpsCruise, the only purpose-built cloud-native, and Kubernetes observability platform.

The Board of the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurial Fund (‘Lang Fund’) has announced an investment in Kaly - a tech platform that helps patients find the right doctors faster through machine learning. Kaly was founded by David Chu, MD, a Columbia Business School (CBS) class of 2023 student.

ZAGENO, the leading online marketplace for life science research products, announces the completion of a $33 million funding round. General Catalyst, the largest public pension fund in the United States, Grazia Equity, OakRidge Management Group, and a German investment house led this round, joined by existing investors Capnamic Ventures and HighSage Ventures.

Zero-trust networking startup Lumeus.ai, officially known as Okulis Inc., is launching today armed with $6 million in seed funding.

CurbWaste, a SaaS software and payments provider to the waste management industry, has raised a $4 million seed extension from TTV Capital.

Nsure.com, a proprietary online insurance shopping platform, announced today that it has secured a strategic investment from Pelican Ventures, co-lending alongside its existing lender Echo Venture Fund III (EVFIII).

Labviva, the AI-driven life sciences digital marketplace that simplifies and scales purchasing processes, announced today that it has secured $20 million in Series A financing led by Biospring Partners, with participation from existing investors Senator Investment Group, B Capital Group, and Glasswing Ventures. The Series A funding brings the total amount raised since inception to $30 million.

Carbonwave, the world’s leading developer of ultra-regenerative, plant-based, advanced biomaterials from seaweed, closes a $5 million Series A to fund the building of new biorefinery in Puerto Rico.

Apple Veteran Larry Jackson launches Gamma, acquires the distributor Vydia, and signs stars like Usher and Snoop Dogg to the "best capitalized music company" going head-to-head with the world's big three.